Package-tying device.



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PACKAGE-TYING DEVICE.

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Application led September 15, 1916. Serial No. 120,384.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that MAYNARD EfZErr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, has inventedcertain new and useful lmprovements in Package-Tying Devices, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to package tying devices, and consists inthe combinations and arrangements of elements hereinafter described, andparticularly set forth in the accompanying claims. V

The invention has for its primary purpose to provide a tying device,wherein the package may be tied in a secure manner and so held untilreleased by the hand, and in` which the tying operation may be done in aquick and easily performed operation.

The invention has for its further purpose to provide a device of thischaracter that may be continuously used to the end of avoiding thepresent Wasteful use of tying with cord or rope where the same is cut toopen the package and thereafter discarded.

A further purpose is to produce a tying device that will serve for tyinga bundle in one or more directions with the tie for each directioncomplete or independent in itself, z'. e., no tie about the package inone direction depends upon any other tie as an anchor 0r fastening part.

Another purpose of the invention is to produce a package tying devicethat is of simple and inexpensive constructionto the end that the samemay be purchased and used in large quantities, where much tying is done,e. g., in publishing houses and for shipping purposes generally.

The invention is shown by way of illustration in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the same,

Fig. 2 shows one manner of its application,

Fig. 3 illustrates the further use of the same, and,

Fig. 4 is an elevational view thereof.

Referring to the construction in further detail, and wherein likereference characters indicate corresponding parts in the different viewsshown, l represents a base member or plate that is constructedPreferably of metal and of suflicient thickness to withstand roughusage; and the four corners of said plate are cut away as at 2 toprovide a form suitable to have wrapped thereon the cord or rope 3, thatis attached at one end to the stud 4, secured to said plate. i

A pair of cleat-members 5 and 6 is secured to the plate on the sideopposite the stud `4, and said members are disposed in off settingrelation and have respectively opposed cut-away portions or recesses 7to receive the cord or rope 3 after the manner illustrated in Figs. 2and 3.

A fh ook member 8 is secured to the` plate adjacent the cleat members 5and 6, and forms with the face of the plate a wedge or cleat to securelyhold the cord that `is passed thereunder with a partial turn as shown.

The hook `8 together with the under cut portions 7 of the cleat members5 and 6 hold the cord securely tied `and form guards that preventaccidental displacement of the cord under all handling of the package towhich the same would be normally subjected.

A second pair of cleat members, 9 and 10, similar to the rst pair, issecured to the plate in o-setting relation, and disposed at right anglesto the first named pair, to the end that the tying cord may be readilyattached and secured for tying the package in a direction at rightangles to that shown in Fig. 2 (see Fig. The cleat members 9 and 10 arecut away on the under side to receive the cord or rope, and a hookmember 11 is located adjacent thereto for securing the end of the cordwith a wedging action, as withthe hook 8.

The pairs of cleats (5, 6 and 9, 10) are disposed to bite the tying cordat adjacent and off-setting points and are located in such relation thatthe cord may be placed thereon by an easy and natural movement of L thehand.

Each tie about the bundle is complete or independent in itself andtherefore does not depend on any other tie, z'. c., the first tying fromthe stud 4 to the cleats (5 and 6) is made fast or secured by the hook9; and the second tie from the hook 8, which serves as an anchor, issecured or made fast by the cleats 9, 10 and the hook 11. The breakingor displacement of either one of these ties would therefore notinterfere with the other.

The article as herein disclosed is intended primarily for use in tyingbundles or newspapers in large or small bulk, though it must beunderstood that the article may be used with equal facility in tyingpackagesor bundles generally.

It is obvious that Vthosey skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangement of 'parts withoutdeparting from the spiritof my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to suchfeatures eX- cept as may be required by the claims.

Having thusV described my invention, what I claim as new andgdesire toprotect by United States Letters Patent, is:

1. .A package tying device comprising a base member, a flexible memberattached to said base member, a pair of olf-setting and oppositelydisposed cleat members adapted for taking two closely adjacent andopposed Vbites in the flexible member, and a hook'member providing aWedge disposed adjacent and atright `angles to said cleats and adaptedto secure said flexible member for tying a packagein one direction, sub-VStantially as set forth.

2. A package tying device comprising a base member, a flexible memberattached to said base member, apair of off-setting and Sapies ofthispatent may be obtained for oppositely disposed cleat members adapted fortaking two closely adjacent and opposed bites in the flexible member, ahook member providing a wedge disposed adjacent and at right angles tosaid cleats and adapted to secure said flexible member for tying apackage in one direction; a second pair of ofi'- setting and oppositelydisposed cleat members adapted for taking two closely adjacent andopposed bites in the 'iexible member, and a hook member providing awedge disposed adjacent and at right angles to said second lpair ofcleats and adapted to secure said ieXible member for tying the packagein a direction at right angles to the first named direction,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MAY'NARD E. ZEPP. Witnesses L. T. MCBATH, R. E. JONES.

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